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... skin . I have it now again in my power to offer them half a day of occupation . They ought to be thankful for it , at a season when work is not always to be obtained . Having been informed that Mr. ( now I believe Professor A 3 PREFACE .
... skin . I have it now again in my power to offer them half a day of occupation . They ought to be thankful for it , at a season when work is not always to be obtained . Having been informed that Mr. ( now I believe Professor A 3 PREFACE .
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Chiefly Ornithology Charles Waterton. Having been informed that Mr. ( now I believe Professor ) Macgillivray , in the first volume of his Ornithology , has compared me to the carrion crow , a bird acknowledged by the world at large , to ...
Chiefly Ornithology Charles Waterton. Having been informed that Mr. ( now I believe Professor ) Macgillivray , in the first volume of his Ornithology , has compared me to the carrion crow , a bird acknowledged by the world at large , to ...
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... Professor Sewell of the Veterinary College in London , is due the merit of applying it in cases of hydrophobia . He was the first , I believe , who ever suggested the idea , and so certain was he of a favourable result , that I heard ...
... Professor Sewell of the Veterinary College in London , is due the merit of applying it in cases of hydrophobia . He was the first , I believe , who ever suggested the idea , and so certain was he of a favourable result , that I heard ...
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... Professor Nesti showed us through the well - stored apartments of the public museum ; we had not seen each other for more than twenty years : as I looked at him , I could perceive that age had traced his brow with furrows ; and he , no ...
... Professor Nesti showed us through the well - stored apartments of the public museum ; we had not seen each other for more than twenty years : as I looked at him , I could perceive that age had traced his brow with furrows ; and he , no ...
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... nest ; * See a correct description of this bird in the Ornitologia Toscana , vol . i . p . 76. , by Professor Paolo Savi . " and in the month of September is sold for a THE LITTLE ITALIAN OWL . 15 The Civetta, or Little Italian.
... nest ; * See a correct description of this bird in the Ornitologia Toscana , vol . i . p . 76. , by Professor Paolo Savi . " and in the month of September is sold for a THE LITTLE ITALIAN OWL . 15 The Civetta, or Little Italian.
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